Download or read book Sacralizing the Nation through Remembrance of Medieval Religious Figures in Serbia, Bulgaria and Macedonia written by Stefan Rohdewald and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-05-20 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religious figures of remembrance served to consolidate dynastic rule and later nation-state legitimacy and community. The study illuminates the interweaving of (Eastern) Roman, medieval Serbian and Bulgarian, as well as Ottoman and Western European national discourses culminating in the sacralization of the nation.